1976 Album Survivor, RESULTS - Round 2
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game. A total of 46 ballots were cast; not all voters made choices in
every matchup. Thanks to all who voted! In case of ties the number
of prior votes is the tiebreaker.
1976 Album Survivor, RESULTS - Round 2
Eagles - Hotel California (22) def. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom
Petty & the Heartbreakers (21)
Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (23) def. Atlanta Rhythm Section - A
Rock 'n' Roll Alternative (13)
Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music (19) def. 10cc - How Dare You? (17)
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (28) def. Billy Joel - Turnstiles (12)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (32) def. George Harrison -
Thirty Three & 1/3 (9)
Rush - 2112 (15) def. Hot Chocolate - Man to Man (12)
Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life (12) def. Tangerine Dream -
Stratosfear (10)
The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas (20) def. Burning Spear
- Man in the Hills (7)
Heart - Dreamboat Annie (29) def. Deep Purple - Made in Europe (live)
(8)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (26) def. Bee Gees - Children of
the World (8)
Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia (22) def. Slade - Nobody's Fools
(10)
Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready for the Country (20) def. The
Blackbyrds - City Life (9)
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (25) def. Gentle Giant - Interview (4)
Parliament - Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (19) def. Roxy Music - Viva!
(live) (16)
Blondie - Blondie (35) def. Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart (4)
Richard Thompson - (guitar,vocal) (20) def. Bunny Wailer - Blackheart
Man (9)
The Beach Boys - 15 Big Ones (19) def. Grand Funk Railroad - Born to
Die (8)
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering (19) def. Robert Palmer - Some People Can
Do What They Like (10)
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (27) def. Southside Johnny and the Asbury
Jukes - I Don't Want to Go Home (10)
The Doobie Brothers - Takin' it to the Streets (22) def. Penguin Cafe
Orchestra - Music from the Penguin Cafe (9)
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (22) def. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The
Roaring Silence (15)
Todd Rundgren - Faithful (21) def. Toots and the Maytals - Reggae Got
Soul (17)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (18) def. Sly & the Family Stone -
Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back (7)
Robert Palmer - Pressure Drop (14) def. Al Green - Full of Fire (13)
Boston - Boston (19) def. Jeff Beck - Wired (18)
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle (31) def. Spirit - Son of Spirit
(6)
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox (16) def. Klaatu - Klaatu AKA 3:47 EST (10)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Live at the Bottom Line (17)
def. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (9)
Tom Waits - Small Change (25) def. J.D. Souther - Black Rose (9)
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record (31) def. Burning Spear -
Garvey's Ghost (9)
Bob Dylan - Desire (31) def. The Runaways - The Runaways (10)
Joe Walsh - You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind [live] (16) def. Sweet -
Give Us a Wink (13)
ZZ Top - Tejas (16) def. Ry Cooder - Show Time (14)
Leon Redbone - On the Track (18) def. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of
Fortune (17)
Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down the Wind (17) def. Rory Gallagher -
Calling Card (16)
Wings - Wings Over America (live) (28) def. Andrew Gold - What's Wrong
with This Picture? (5)
Queen - A Day at the Races (26) def. Third World - Third World (12)
Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (19) TIED Graham Parker - Heat
Treatment (19); Stones take the tiebreaker 28-21
Led Zeppelin - Presence (25) def. Delbert McClinton - Genuine Cowhide
(12)
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (18) def. Sparks - Big Beat (10)
Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream (20) def. Waylon Jennings - Waylon
Live (9)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (31) def. Eric Clapton - No Reason to Cry
(4)
Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound (21) def. The Residents -
Fingerprince (14)
Peter Tosh - Legalize It (20) def. Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin'
Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band (8)
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves (21) def. Graham
Parker - Howlin' Wind (19)
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah
Band (14) def. Curtis Mayfield - Give Get Take Have (12)
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (25) def. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My
Bullets (15)
Split Enz - Second Thoughts (16) def. Mighty Diamonds - Right Time (9)
J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out (live) (15) def. Van Der Graaf
Generator - World Record (9)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young to Die! (16) def. Be
Bop Deluxe - Modern Music (12)
David Bowie - Station to Station (28) def. Burton Cummings - Burton
Cummings (9)
Little River Band - Diamantina Cocktail (14) def. The Trampps - Where
the Happy People Go (9)
Parliament - Mothership Connection (26) def. Carole King - Throughbred
(3)
Robin Trower - Robin Trower Live! (14) def. Average White Band - Soul
Searching (13)
The Residents - Third Reich & Roll (16) def. Grand Funk Railroad - Good
Singin', Good Playin' (15)
Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together (22) def. The Stills-Young Band -
Long May You Run (13)
Kansas - Leftoverture (18) def. Eddie and the Hot Rods - Teenage
Depression (13)
Ramones - The Ramones (33) def. Herbie Hancock - Secrets (2)
Aerosmith - Rocks (24) def. Johnny Guitar Watson - Ain't That a Bitch
(8)
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (22) def. AC/DC - High Voltage
(11)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (23) def. Marvin Gaye - I Want You (14)
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - 'Live' Bullet (24) def. Dr.
Feelgood - Stupidity (live) (10)
Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies (16) def. Tower of Power - Ain't Nothing
Stopping Us Now (9)
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! (19) def. Ian Hunter - All
American Alien Boy (16)
Commentary: whew! Many close races in the heavyweight division,
including one tiebreaker and six one-point margins. This is the part
of the contest where big names start to drop against even stronger
competition; notably we are bidding farewell to Marvin Gaye, AC/DC,
Skynyrd, Billy Joel, Deep Purple, and both of Patti Boyd's sweeties,
along with Tom Petty from the tough opening matchup. The other
hard-luck award of the round goes to Graham Parker who loses a
tiebreaker to the Stones and a 2-pointer to Bob Seger. Of other acts
with 2 discs entering the round, Grand Funk and Burning Spear also
suffer a double defeats, while Southside Johnny, Ry Cooder, Van Der
Graaf Generator, Waylon Jennings, The Residents, and Robert Palmer all
win one and lose one. Four acts manage to put two discs forward into
the final 64: Seger, Wings, Thin Lizzy, and Parliament (who actually
advance 3 if you include the Funkadelic variation). Joe Walsh also
advances in both his solo and Eagles jackets.
Musically the contest has been nearly stripped of reggae discs which
had come into the round strong; only Peter Tosh's disc manages to
smoke its competition. The last vestiges of fusion, the other big
'76 genre trend, also fade away as Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck, and
Chick Corea leave. We enter round three (posted soon) heavy on funk,
proto-punk, and lots of radio-friendly spunk.
Pistol: Safety Off
AlbumSurvivor wrote:
> 1976 Album Survivor, RESULTS - Round 2
>
>
> Eagles - Hotel California (22) def. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom
> Petty & the Heartbreakers (21)
advance here, but Eagles did have a good album there too.
> Rush - 2112 (15) def. Hot Chocolate - Man to Man (12)
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Crap Canadian band beats out
band that gave us "You Sexy Thing".
> The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (26) def. Bee Gees - Children of
> the World (8)
Score one for punk.
> The Beach Boys - 15 Big Ones (19) def. Grand Funk Railroad - Born to
> Die (8)
What? The Beach Boys live to blow again???
> Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (22) def. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The
> Roaring Silence (15)
The right album won here.
> Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (18) def. Sly & the Family Stone -
> Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back (7)
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Boring folk beats a great band??
> Robert Palmer - Pressure Drop (14) def. Al Green - Full of Fire (13)
This was a close one. Go Palmer.
> Boston - Boston (19) def. Jeff Beck - Wired (18)
This was too close. "More than a Feeling" rocks!!
> Leon Redbone - On the Track (18) def. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of
> Fortune (17)
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Blue Oyster Cult rocks with their best album.
"Don't Fear the Reaper" was one of the best songs of 1976.
> Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down the Wind (17) def. Rory Gallagher -
> Calling Card (16)
What???? 17 people need their heads examined.
> Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (19) TIED Graham Parker - Heat
> Treatment (19); Stones take the tiebreaker 28-21
Go Stones!!!
> Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (31) def. Eric Clapton - No Reason to Cry
> (4)
Zevon is going to sail on.
> Ramones - The Ramones (33) def. Herbie Hancock - Secrets (2)
Herbie had a bad draw here.
> Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (22) def. AC/DC - High Voltage
> (11)
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Great debut album by great hard rockers loses here.
> Joni Mitchell - Hejira (23) def. Marvin Gaye - I Want You (14)
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Boring folk beats good soul again???
> Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! (19) def. Ian Hunter - All
> American Alien Boy (16)
I'm glad this was closer than the last round. I hope that horrid album
gets knocked out in the next round.
Zaragon
> AlbumSurvivor wrote:
> > 1976 Album Survivor, RESULTS - Round 2
> > Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down the Wind (17) def. Rory Gallagher -
> > Calling Card (16)
> What???? 17 people need their heads examined.
I was keeping track of that one myself, and here was my tally:
Gallagher - 1111111111111111 (16)
Roncrap - 111111111111 (12)
So those 5 additional dumbshit votes that placed her ahead must have
been sent to him privately. Funny enough, I noticed how most of the
posted votes for her were within the first 20 ballots cast to that
thread (before most of this group's better-informed members started
weighing in.) It's as if her remaining sympathizers lost their
confidence and were too embarrassed to voice their feelings out in the
open.>:(~
TS
Zaragon
> <zara...@lycos.com>, still "sharpening his daggers":
>
> > So those 5 additional dumbshit votes that placed her ahead must have
> > been sent to him privately.
>
> unposted private votes usually skew quite "conservative." The Ronstadt
> vs. Gallagher vote would be another example.
In this case, I must direct shame on two people:
1) Tamanend (again), this time for not abstaining. In a prior Survivor
(I think it was 1978) he said "Linda, I love your liberal politics, but
your music is much too conservative for me."
2) A certain R&B lover (whose name I won't mention) who went with Linda
because 1) he had no clue who Gallagher was and 2) he was merely
lending agreement to his girlfriend (also a poster.)
TS
Mark Dintenfass
AlbumSurvivor <AlbumS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Musically the contest has been nearly stripped of reggae discs which
> had come into the round strong; only Peter Tosh's disc manages to
> smoke its competition.
A real shame. Both "Blackheart Man" and "Reggae Got Soul" are both
classics--and both, incidentally, better than the Tosh album. Of the
ex-Wailers, aside from Marley, Tosh got a lot of attention because he
was recording duets with people like Mick Jagger, but in the reaggae
world he's far less important than Bunny Wailer. Oh, well. My interest
just sagged.
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There's still some interesting roots music surviving...Cooder, etc.
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Gee, I wonder who you mean.
Fisrt off, I bought all of Ronstadt's singles around this time, and
never liked anything by Gallagher. Secondly, Diane and I disagreed on
lots of matchups.
She voted for the Eagles, I voted for Petty.
She voted for Cooder, I voted for 10CC
She voted for Toots, I voted for Rundgren
Your accusation is totally baseless.
Phaeton
> AlbumSurvivor wrote:
>>Leon Redbone - On the Track (18) def. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of
>>Fortune (17)
>
> BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Blue Oyster Cult rocks with their best album.
> "Don't Fear the Reaper" was one of the best songs of 1976.
Agree. What a shame.
>
>>Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down the Wind (17) def. Rory Gallagher -
>>Calling Card (16)
>
> What???? 17 people need their heads examined.
Travesty. But again, Rory is from the UK, so...
>>Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (22) def. AC/DC - High Voltage
>>(11)
>
> BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Great debut album by great hard rockers loses here.
NOT! a debut album by AC/DC, as I pointed out. Only in the US. Here in
Australia they already had two albums by '76. Still, they should have
won here...
Csaba
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